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By one-up Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:37 pm
im primarily makine hip hop beats, maybe i'll experiment with other styles in the future...

has anyone sucessfully made any 6/4 sequences?
i was playing with this time the other day it sounded akward, maybe i never did it right. i rhyme too, so i kept getting physced out by the 5th beat, i would naturally think the bar ended on the 5th. i got used to it in no time, but it was crazy

has anyone sucessfully laid a track out like this?
Last edited by one-up on Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.

By one-up Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:37 pm
double
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By stephen Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:15 pm
6/4 should feel similar to a 2/4 beat, but with triplets. The groove is a..

*1-2-3, *4-5-6
*1-2-3, *4-5-6
*1-2-3, *4-5-6

With emphasis on 1 and 4

trip-a-let, trip-a-let


.. clear?

By one-up Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:59 am
i understand that, thad be more like 3/4 time.

i understand ya, but i mean 6/4

i have a sample, a guitar riff my friend laid out for me, its all done in 6/4 time, and i want to ad drums. i can at the drums evenly in 6 beats across a bar, but it doesn't sound right, you get physed out

maybe i'll just chop up the riff and play with it a little more.
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By stephen Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:44 am
6/4 and 3/4 are different

3/4 time has a

*1-2-3
*1-2-3

feel. When playing 6/4 in a band, many count the bars in 2/4 time, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, etc. 6/4 feels closer to 2/4 time than 3/4.

3/4 has more of the waltzy feel.

ByLack of Afro Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:53 am
Stephen, that rhythm sounds more like 6/8 to me, with the emphasis being on the 1 and the 4....
If anyone has heard "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck, then that is in 5/4. Use that as a starting point to hear how it skips along and then simply add another beat on for your 6/4 track.